Eine Nacht in Venedig

Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) is an operetta in 3 Acts by Johann Strauss II and was premiered in Berlin on 3 October 1883 in the Neues Friedrich Wilhelmstadisches Theather, and is the only one of the operettas of Johann Strauss II ever to be premiered outside Vienna. Its libretto was by F.Zell and Richard Genée based on Le Château Trompette by Jules Cormon.

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Operetta - Johann Strauss II - Berlin - 3 October - 1883 - Vienna - Libretto - Jules Cormon

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Its initial performance is not the version that we are familiar with today, having undergone much revision on the libretto and the overall plot. Early reviews of the premiere in Berlin were unfavorable enough. Although the press at that time praised Strauss's music, the words that accompanied it were banal and silly, for instance, references were made to roast beef made from the sole of a boot and, where the waltz scene was played, the character of Duke Urbino was singing to passages of "meows" in tune with the waltz song which was met with much embarrassment from the Berlin audience.

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Libretto - Berlin

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Unperturbed, Strauss made several alterations to the work with his librettists and scored a triumph in his native Vienna at the famed Theater an der Wien on 9 October 1883. It ran for forty four consecutive performances and was firmly established as one of three of Strauss's most recognisable stage works. Strauss drew themes from the stage work and set them to individual pieces of which Lagunen Walzer Lagoon Waltz op.411 and Die Tauben von San Marco Polka The Pigeons of San Marco op.414 enjoyed enduring popularity.

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Vienna - Theater an der Wien - 9 October - 1883 - Lagunen Walzer - Die Tauben von San Marco Polka

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